waste product

noun

An unwanted material produced during some manufacturing or industrial process.

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nuclear wastewastewaste materialwaste matter
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Meanings

nounwaste product (plural waste products)

plural waste products

  1. An unwanted material produced during some manufacturing or industrial process.
    1. sometimesspecificallyThe radioactive waste from a nuclear reactor.

      Synonyms: nuclear waste

  2. medicineThe unwanted results of metabolism, expelled in the urine and feces.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe radioactive waste from a nuclear reactor.

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nuclear waste

More synonyms by meaning

nounany materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

Similar
wastewaste materialwaste matter
Broader
materialstuff
Also see
waste

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch afvalproduct, afvalmateriaal
  • afvalproductunwanted material
  • afvalmateriaalunwanted material
Japanese 老廃物, 廃棄物
  • 老廃物 (rōhaibutsu)unwanted result of metabolism
  • 廃棄物 (haikibutsu)unwanted material
Polish odpad
  • odpadunwanted material
Cite this entry
APA

waste product. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waste%20product

MLA

“waste product.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waste%20product. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waste product,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waste%20product.

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